Missed Me?

This is probably by far the biggest amount of time that has gone between me blogging, you want to know why?

Because my life has been completely taken over by this:

and this:

Besides that my life is pretty boring, the last cool thing I did? Umm go to Oregon and California for a week with Kayla and Kyle. Oh yeah I should probably blog about that :) I'll work on it. I have 40 minutes before class and my assignment is done so I just thought that I would pop in and say "HI!"

Getting to Know You

(When I was thinking of a title for this post I thought of that song and this movie and realized that I haven't seen it in awhile and I would like to...good thing my Mom has it so that I can borrow :D)

This evening at ward prayer my apartment did the spotlight (which we have been avoiding for awhile now). Basically you are supposed to think up a creative way to introduce your apartment, we decided to split of the ABC's and introduce yourself using those letters. I got D,F,L,and X.

D: Don't Drink Dairy

F: Filled- my passport is half filled with Peru, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Cambodia (afterwards I found out that our new 1st counselor in the Bishopric served in Cambodia so he asked me about why I had been there and what I had done)

L: Love blogging and baking

X: X-Ray, I had an x-ray on my brain (well I guess my whole body technically) after blacking out while driving on the road.

Day 1

A picture of yourself with fifteen facts.

1. I grew up in a little town in Oregon on the coast...most people have never heard of it and when they hear the name they think it's in Ohio, Washington, or Spain.

2. Despite what it may seem like sometimes I am not a huge fan of being the center of attention.

3. I try not to live with regret and to have a smile on my face.

4. My blog is my journal and scrapbook, I am more constant at it than I have ever been with the other two (and many other things).

5. I have been to 3 of the 7 continents and hope to some day go to at least the main 6.

6. I would much rather it be raining than sunshiny or snowing.

7. I'm a softy for romance books.

8. I wish that I could just be done with school and be teaching in some other country.

9. My favorite words/sayings probably are "Hi" or "Merry Christmas" (need not be Christmastime).

10. Besides wanting to be a teacher my other dream jobs have always been to own a bakery, bed and breakfast or be a party/wedding planner.

11. I love that my Mom has moved to Utah but sometimes feel like I am in limbo and don't have a "home" anymore

12. With so many of my friends and siblings married I have much of my wedding already planned.

13. Sometimes I have days where I just feel like crying, no reason why...I hate those days.

14. My names comes from Little Women (and connections to family via Elizabeth). When I was younger I was disappointed that my parents had given me the character who died and I wished that they would have named me Elizabeth so that I had the choice of what to be called (I'm a big fan of Beth now...I like to be unique :D).

15. I strongly dislike talking on the phone, it's just so awkward to me.

A Challenge

If you read enough blogs or spend enough time on facebook you probably have heard about the 30 Day Photo Challenge that is going around, I have decided to give in and do it. Mine probably won't be consistent or complete but I will try.

For those that might be interested in doing it themselves here is the complete list...

30 day Photo Challenge

Day 01 - A picture of yourself with fifteen facts.

Day 02 - A picture of you and someone you used to be close with.

Day 03 - A picture of the cast from your favorite show.

Day 04 - A picture of your favorite night.

Day 05 - A picture of one of your favorite memories.

Day 06 - A picture of a person you'd love to trade places with for a day.

Day 07 - A picture of your most treasured item.

Day 08 - A picture that makes you laugh.

Day 09 - A picture of the person who has gotten you through the most.

Day 10 - A picture of the person you do the silliest things with.

Day 11 - A picture of something you hate.

Day 12 - A picture of something you love.

Day 13 - A picture of your favorite band or artist.

Day 14 - A picture of someone you could never imagine your life without.

Day 15 - A picture of something you want to do before you die.

Day 16 - A picture of someone who inspires you.

Day 17 - A picture of something that has made a huge impact on your life recently.

Day 18 - A picture of your biggest insecurity.

Day 19 - A picture of you when you were little.

Day 20 - A picture of somewhere you'd love to travel.

Day 21 - A picture of something you wish you could forget.

Day 22 - A picture of something you wish you were better at.

Day 23 - A picture of your favorite book.

Day 24 - A picture of something you wish you could change.

Day 25 - A picture of your favorite day.

Day 26 - A picture of something that means a lot to you.

Day 27 - A picture of yourself and a family member.

Day 28 - A picture of something you're afraid of.

Day 29 - A picture that can always make you smile.

Day 30 - A picture of someone you miss.

Christmas Cards Season

It's that time of year again...everyone is getting together their Christmas Cards and Letters together (some are even on top of the ball and already have them enveloped and sent).

You may not have heard of this awesome thing that Shutterfly is currently doing...all I have to do is blog about this and I will get 50 FREE Cards! How cool is that?

I hadn't originally planned on sending out cards this year, last year I bought them and they were so big it looked like I loved myself just a little too much (:D) but last night my roommates and I were taking some roommie pictures when we had one that we thought would be perfect for a Christmas card. I liked the idea of sending them out as roommates and figured why not.

Just at quick glance I have found several card ideas that I like...

Just to show a couple.

If you haven't worked with shutterfly before you should try it out, it is a really simple website and they have tons of beautiful designs for fairly inexpensive.

Also...if you want to get your own 50 free cards check it out HERE!

Horror!!!

Since starting my blog in March 2008, July was the first month that I didn't have at least one posting in. I'm not sure what to do with that information, whether I should feel awesome that in March it will have been 3 years since I'm blogging or a little concerned at the fact that I pay attention to details like that :D

Ok now it is really good-night.

Spring Break

The 2nd piece of paper that I found has the title "What I Didn't Do During Spring Break." at the top, I'm sure that I wrote it for something and it goes along the lines of many other stories but it still made me laugh.

What I Didn't Do During Spring Break

"Hey Beth, how as your Spring Break? What did you do?"

"Well, my Spring Break was great but can we go with something that is not so traditional maybe like what I didn't do?"
"Okay Beth, what didn't you do during Spring Break?"

"Well, I didn't go visit my Grandma in Tibet."

"Why didn't you go visit your Grandma in Tibet?"

"O, for not big reason."

"Why?"
"I didn't go because my Grandma left Tibet."

"She left Tibet, why?"

"O, because of her house."

"Her house? What was wrong with it?"

"Not much besides it was burning."

"Okay, why was it burning?"

"It was burning because of my Uncle."
"You Uncle? What did he do?"
"Had the Russians bomb her house."

"Why did he do that?"

"Because he was mad at my Grandma."

"Why was he mad at your Grandma?"

"He was mad at her because my Grandma didn't send him any cookies at Christmas time."

"No cookies, how come?"

"Because my Grandma stayed with them during Christmas and made them lots of cookies."

"And that is why you didn't go visit your Grandma in Tibet?"

"Yet, and just like I said before there was no big reason why I didn't go visit my Grandma."

Ahh the super professional writing of when I was younger (not that I'm making many promises that it has improved much since).

I now bid adieu as I am going to bed, I hope to get back on the saddle as they say soon and start blogging and catching up on the many things that have happened in the last month plus. I miss the familiarity of blogging and the joy it brings, but for now I much go to bed.

It's Official!

It's official..graduation is coming! We took pictures yesterday of the 5 year olds in graduation gowns. That didn't help my nerves at all with getting everything done. But I'll keep pushing forward. (And in case you question me getting anything done because I'm blogging I have already edited 3 of the 4 songs that needed editing today and I figured out the 5 year old standing order--tomorrow we start memorizing the "thank you" speech...wish me luck!)